Special Events & Offers

Visit this page often to find the latest events, discounts and offers for Cultural Access Pass members.

Events are a great introduction to Canadian culture. Tour guides will help you and your family feel at home when visiting a place for the first time. They provide information about our country's history, art, innovations, or future.

See below for a list of latest discounts and offers available from Cultural Access Pass attractions.

Many attractions offer a discount when your show your Cultural Access Pass at their gift shop or café. Others invite you to buy a membership to their attraction at a reduced rate after your Cultural Access Pass expires.

Travel by Train for Less: An exclusive VIA Rail Canada discount for CAP Members

Members of the Cultural Access Pass program are eligible for a once-in-a-lifetime discount on travel in Canada: 50% off the lowest available fare.

This amazing offer is exclusively for members of the Cultural Access Pass program. As Canada's newest citizens, VIA Rail Canada is your national passenger rail carrier. If you've never taken the train in Canada before, now is your chance! Discover your country and the many CAP attractions that invite you to visit for free. Tickets must be purchased on VIA Rail's website using a special coupon received when you pick up your Cultural Access Pass. Visit viarail.ca/en/new-canadian-citizen to find out more and to buy your ticket!

Discover Canada's history and nature with Parks Canada and the Cultural Access Pass

Canada's leading grant-maker, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, has joined the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games as its Official Community Supporter and donated the Games tickets it received through this partnership to the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Thanks to their generous donation, more than 1,000 Cultural Access Pass members are able to enjoy and participate in the largest international multi-sport event Canada has ever hosted.

Offer ended. All tickets available through this offer have already been claimed.

"We want to encourage all Albertans to enjoy provincial parks regardless of how long they've lived here," said Tourism, Parks and Recreation Minister
Cindy Ady. "Because of this wonderful partnership, we are making provincial parks more accessible for new Canadian citizens to explore nature from an
entirely new perspective."

Manitoba Provincial Parks – Manitoba – Manitoba Parks invites you to get outside for adventure and to make lifelong memories at more than 50 provincial parks across Manitoba.

Cultural Access Pass members with a valid membership card will be given one annual Explorer Pass at no charge. This gives CAP members free vehicle entry into more than 50 of Manitoba's provincial parks. Explorer Passes are valid for one year beginning on May 1 and ending on April 30 of the following year.

Ontario Provincial Parks – Ontario – Ontario Parks has entered into an agreement with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship allowing Cultural Access Pass holders one year complimentary day use privileges in provincial parks.

A valid card will provide the card holder free day use opportunities for passenger vehicles (this includes a passenger van with a carrying capacity of no more than 14 people) only at provincial parks.

Saskatchewan Parks – Saskatchewan – Saskatchewan's Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport have announced that SaskParks, Government House, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and the T.rex Discovery Centre have joined CAP!

Montcalm Gallery– Ottawa-Gatineau Region – Upon presenting your Cultural Access Pass, you will receive a 15 % rebate on objects sold at the boutique (before taxes).

Pan Am Path– Greater Toronto Area (GTA) – Celebrate Art Across the City During the Pan Am Path Art Relay

Visit the Pan Am Path from May 16 to August 15, 2015 and see it alive with a citywide relay of art installations and events.

The vision of the Pan Am Path is to combine the power of art and sport to create a living path across Toronto. Each week, the Relay will link neighbourhoods across the city and engage diverse communities through opportunities for art, enriched public spaces, nature, tourism and local economic development. At 14 sites along the Path, local arts organizations will work with Pan American artists to shine a light on the best in their communities and celebrate some of this the city's greatest assets: diversity, nature and arts and active outdoor living.

All festivities are family-friendly and take place along the Pan Am Path, an 84 km multi-use trail that connects the city of Toronto and runs from the Claireville Reservoir in the west end, to the shore of Lake Ontario just a few minutes south of Rouge Park in the east end.
For the full event calendar map and participating organizations please visit: www.panampath.org.

20% off AGO Membership– Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto – After your CAP expires, the AGO invites you to save 20% on their annual membership. Show your expired CAP
card when applying for an AGO membership on site, or, send a photocopy of it along with an AGO membership application form when you apply by mail. This
offer is only valid for the first three months after your CAP expires. Please contact the AGO Membership Department directly at 416-979-6620 or
visit www.ago.net for details.

We all come from somewhere. We’ve had unique life experiences. We are going in different directions. We may feel that we belong in one place, in many
places, or nowhere.

Ethnicity, ancestry, gender, age, sexuality, marital status, political orientation, religion, musical taste, and so many other things shape our sense of
belonging—in a place or in a group—that it is often as layered and complicated as our identities.

As a public provincial museum, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) belongs to the people of Ontario, of Canada, and of the world.

Located in the heart of Kelowna's Cultural District, the Rotary
Centre for the Arts is a multidisciplinary visual and performing
arts centre in which individuals of all ages and backgrounds can come
together to share in the excitement of art and culture in the
Okanagan. Find out why every year thousands of people attend
concerts, plays, courses and galleries in our multi-purpose venue. As
a CAP member, the Rotary Centre invites you to enjoy:

The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre Centre has generously offered to provide complimentary tour access for eligible CAP card holders and up to 4 of their minor dependent children. these tours normally cost $12 for adults, and $10 Students and Seniors (includes HST).

Tours are offered year-round and guided by the Centre's expert volunteers. Tours last for 1½ hours and recount the history and restoration of the complex. A guide leads their group through the original and new lobbies, the elegant Elgin Theatre, the unique and resplendent Winter Garden Theatre and samples from the world's largest collection of vaudeville scenery. As well, a backstage exhibit housing the Winter Garden's original Simplex Silent Film Projector and a dressing room containing artifacts from the time period are on view.

Tours are offered on a regular schedule - Thursdays at 5 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m. However, this schedule is subject to change based on special events or private bookings that may take precedence.

About the Elgin & Winter Garden
The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre (EWG) is one of the most beautiful theatre complexes in the world, and the world's last operating double-decker theatre – with two separate and distinctive stacked theatres. A National Historic Site owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust, EWG is located in the heart of downtown Toronto and dedicated to providing theatre-goers with the best in Canadian and international entertainment – from musicals, comedies and concerts to dramas, operas and films.

Marmot Basin, Jasper, Alberta — Jasper, AB

Ski Marmot Basin invites you to discover the joys of skiing and snowboarding

Canada has a lot of incredible experiences to offer. Skiing and snowboarding are among the most thrilling.

If you have ever been curious or wanted to give skiing or snowboarding a try, now is the time!

Let the friendly experts at Ski Marmot Basin in Jasper guide you through your first experience. When current Cultural Access Pass (CAP) card members: Purchase one regular price Discover Skiing or Snowboarding package they can receive the same or a lesser valued Discover Package on the same day at 50% off the
second package.

Choose from three different Discover Packages:

Discover Package Children (6-12 years) $85.00 + GST

Discover Package Adult (13+ years) $99.00 + GST

Discover Package Family
(2 Adults – 18+ years and up to 2 Children 6-17 years) $299.00 + GST

Packages include a 2 hour group lesson, rental equipment and a lower mountain lift ticket. Offer valid for first time skiers/snowboarders only. May not be combined with other discounts/promotions and subject to availability. Reservations requested in advance. Your current Cultural Access Pass must be presented at the Snow School desk in the Caribou Chalet for this offer.

The INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP (ICC) is a national, non-profit charity that helps accelerate new citizens' integration into Canadian life through original programs, collaborations and unique volunteer opportunities. While our focus is on encouraging new citizens to take their rightful place in Canada, we want all citizens – new or not – to embrace active citizenship in their daily life. The ICC is founded and co-chaired by the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul.Charitable Registration Number: 823034145RR0001